St Vigeans
St Vigeans is a small village and parish in Angus, Scotland, immediately to the north of Arbroath. Originally rural, it is now more or less a suburb of the town of Arbroath.Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cill Fhèichin” and “Saint Vigeans”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum and St Vigeans Church.
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum
Museum
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, located in the Angus village of St Vigeans, houses an outstanding collection of Pictish carved stones. St Vigeans, close to Arbroath, was the centre of a royal estate in the Early Middle Ages, and was of religious importance as a monastery founded in the 8th century.
St Vigeans Church
Church
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St Vigeans Church is a Church of Scotland parish church, serving the parish of the ancient village of St Vigeans on the outskirts of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
Arbroath Abbey
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Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arbroath and Colliston.
Arbroath
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Arbroath is a small fishing port in Angus in north-east Scotland, 16 miles from Dundee, and with a population of 23,500 in 2022. It's best known for its red sandstone abbey, its local fish specialty "Arbroath Smokies", and as the scene in 1320 of Scotland's first documented assertion of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath.
Colliston
Village
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Colliston is a roadside hamlet in Angus, Scotland that is four miles north of Arbroath on the A933 Arbroath to Brechin road, in the parish of St Vigeans. Colliston is situated 2½ miles northwest of St Vigeans.
Elliot
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elliot is a coastal hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland, on the westernmost edge of Arbroath on the A92 road. The Elliot Water reaches the North Sea at Elliot. Elliot is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Vigeans.
St Vigeans
- Category: locality
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.57667° or 56° 34′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.5895° or 2° 35′ 22″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C8VHCG6+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 540940187OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“St Vigeans” goes by many names.
- Basque: “St Vigeans”
- Dutch: “St Vigeans”
- French: “St Vigeans”
- Irish: “Cill Fheichin”
- Irish: “Cill Fhèichin”
- Scots: “Saunt Vigeans”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Fheichin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Fhèichin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “St Vigeans”
- “Cill Fhèichin”
- “St Vigeans”
- “St Vigeans - Cill Fhèichin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Warddykes and Orchard Grove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Vigeans Village Hall and Dundee & Angus College - The Glebe.
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